page_title: Duncan McIntyre (businessman)
section_title: Residence
hierarchical_section_title: Duncan McIntyre (businessman) / Residence
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Résidence de Duncan McIntyre, «&#160;Craguie&#160;», rue McGregor (maintenant rue Drummond), Montréal, QC, vers 1890, détruite en 1930 pour faire place ensuite en 1965 aux pavillons McIntyre des sciences médicales et Stewart des sciences biologiques. Vers 1890, 19e siècle; Plaque sèche à la gélatine; 20 x 25 cm. English: Duncan McIntyre's house "Craguie", McGregor Street (now Drummond Street), Montreal, QC, about 1890, destroyed in 1930 to make place in 1965 to the McIntyre Medical Sciences and Stewart Biological Sciences Buildings. About 1890, 19th century; Silver salts on glass - Gelatin dry plate process; 20 x 25 cm.
context_page_description: Duncan McIntyre was a Scots-Quebecer businessman from Callander noted for his participation in the Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate of 1880 and as a founder of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada.
  The Canada Central Railway was owned by McIntyre who amalgamated it with the CPR and became one of the handful of officers of the newly formed CPR. The CCR started in Brockville and extended to Pembroke. It then followed a westward route along the Ottawa River passing through places like Cobden, Deux Rivieres and eventually to Mattawa at the confluence of the Mattawa and Ottawa Rivers. It then proceeded cross-country towards its final destination, Callander.
  McIntyre and his contractor James Worthington led the CCR expansion. Worthington remained with the CPR for about a year until he left the company. McIntyre's nephew, John Ferguson, staked out the future North Bay, Ontario after getting assurance from his uncle and Worthington that it would be the divisional point and a location of some importance.
  The CPR started its westward expansion from Bonfield, Ontario where the first spike was driven into a sunken railway tie.
context_section_description: In the 1880s, McIntyre commissioned architect William Thomas to design a residence for him on a ten-acre plot within the Golden Square Mile. Known as Craguie, the mansion was demolished in 1930. In 1947, his family donated the land McGill University, for an area known as McIntyre Park. In 1965, the university completed construction of the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building, named in his honour. The McIntyre site is also home to the Stewart Biological Sciences Building.
caption: Craguie, circa 1890
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